11th February – 15th April 10:00-11:00

NOTE: Please complete your 121 pre-course assessment as soon as possible. If you haven’t booked it yet, please email reception with your availability.

Timetable

–  PART I: VOWELS
–  PART 2: CONSONANTS
– PART 3: STRESS
– PART 4: INTONATION
– PART 5: ACCENTS

30 minute 121
– Pronunciation assessment
– Theory assessment
– Teaching discussion

This is an informal 121 to ascertain your level in the 3 key areas: pronunciation, theory and teaching. If you need to study any areas before taking the course, these will be highlighted and guidance given.

If the course is unsuitable at this time for you, guidance will be given and the course fee refunded.

– Articulation
– Vowel length
– Vowel charts & IPA
– GB sounds

– Drills
– Describing vowels
– Error recognition
– Using IPA

– Articulation
– Voicing
– Phonetics
– Joining consonants

– Drills
– Describing consonants
– Correcting errors
– Incorporating IPA & Diacritics

– Producing stress
– Placing stress
– Tone units
– Weak vowels

– Crescendo technique
– Visually explaining stress
– Rapping weak vowels
– Teaching sentence stress
– Shadowing stress patterns

– 4 Patterns
– How tones behave
– Statements & questions
– Tone & meaning

– Pitch diagrams
– How to describe tone
– Ear training
– Teaching tones in dialogue

– Defining accents
– UK & Ireland accents
– International accents
– Phonetic analysis

– Modelling accents
– Shadowing
– Using phonetics to teach variations
– Describing accents

30 minute 121 assessment of skills and knowledge acquired and next steps.

Certificate of completion is provided after this class.

Observations

For 12 months, you can join in and watch the 4 level program at Pronunciation Studio. You can find the weekly classes here:

PRONUNCIATION


– WEDS 4th December 19:00-19:45

2C – Fricatives

– /f,v,θ,ð,s,z,ʃ,ʒ,h/
– /θ/ vs /ð/
– Homophones
– S Endings
– TH Fronting

INTONATION


– TUES 3rd December 18:00-18:45

2T – 4 Patterns

– Falling
– Rising
– Fall-rising
– Rise-falling

PHONETICS


– TUES 3rd December 12:00-12:45

7PH – Fricative Joining

– Elision
– Dental joining
– H Dropping

ACCENTS


– WEDS 4th December 14:00-14:45

7A – Manchester

– Vowel Sounds
– Consonant Sounds
– vs Yorkshire
– vs Lancashire